October 2009
24 posts
"If President Obama really had to get a gift... →
“Obama’s Nobel surprise,” The New Yorker (Oct 19, 2009)
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"Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the... →
President Obama on waking up and receiving the Nobel Prize.
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"IN BRITAIN, as every Anglophile knows, the... →
— James Parker, “Brit Wit” (The Atlantic, Oct 2009)
“Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart;...”
– Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf (via misswallflower)
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Breath // Alexi Murdoch
In the...
Setting the World On Fire
Andy Warhol: I wonder if people are going to remember us?
Edie Sedgwick: What, when we're dead?
Andy Warhol: Yeah.
Edie Sedgwick: Well I think people will talk about how you changed the world.
Andy Warhol: I wonder what they'll say about you... in your obituary. I like that word.
Edie Sedgwick: Nothing nice, I don't think.
Andy Warhol: No no, come on. They'd say, "Edith Minturn Sedgwick: beautiful artist and actress...
Edie Sedgwick: ...and all around loon.
Andy Warhol: ...Remembered for setting the world on fire...
Edie Sedgwick: ...and escaping the clutches of her terrifying family...
Andy Warhol: ...Made friends with eeeeverybody, and anybody...
Edie Sedgwick: ...creating chaos and uproar wherever she went. Divorced as many times as she married, she leaves only good wishes behind.
[laughs]
Edie Sedgwick: That's nice, isn't it?
September 2009
40 posts
“My Heart -
We are thus far separated - but after all one mile is as bad as a...”
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November 16, 1814. Lord Byron, English poet, to Annabella Milbanke, his future wife. (via dilda) (via loveyourchaos)
Of this, I dissent: Chasity is NOT a “virtue.”
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presidents:
sleepcarefully:
Quite lengthy, but for those who haven’t I am hoping you will read this from start to finish.
To all Filipinos Everywhere: I used to think that corruption and criminality in the Philippines were caused by poverty. But recent events tell me this isn’t true. It is one thing to see people turn into drug addicts, prostitutes, thieves and murderers because of hunger and...
Cue the collective awwwws
I love the way my dad tries to “correct” my essays. He tends to make up words — a gift that’s extended itself to the realm of geography with new-found continents like “Australiasia.”
My text messages are getting more and more cryptic
with phases like “How far would you go for family?” and other modern-day koans.
“I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore. It’s hard to put into...”
– Haruki Murakami (via misswallflower)
”I CALL MYSELF A FEMINIST. Isn’t that what you... →
— The Dalai Lama receiving the “International Freedom Award” in Memphis, Tennessee. Quote source: the Memphis Flyer, September 23, 2009
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from Russian class, an email:
I have no idea why I sent you a copy of the syllabus, rather than a copy of the list of articles I’d like you to look at. The only realistic explanation is that communist agents have infiltrated my computer, my office, my home, etc. They are relentless — as viewers of jolly films such as The Chekist will understand — since I have gained international recognition for my...
“There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.”
– Ken Venturi (via simko)
